The author on her new novel, Stations, moving south from the North, and how she ‘hired’ Gillian Anderson

The author on his new first World War novel, how he felt when 9/11 happened, and Virginia as a microcosm of the US

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of Saturday’s pages

Award doubles to €20,000 as Ireland’s oldest literary prize marks 50th anniversary

The writer on new novel At the Villa Celeste; her late husband, the poet John Montague; and the importance of ‘Call me Ishmael’

The author on his latest novel, The Newer World, his difficult relationship with his parents, and feeling out of place growing up as a Dublin Protestant

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The youngest ever Booker Prize shortlisted author on her new novel, Long Wave

Novels by Sebastian Barry, Louise Kennedy, Barbara Kingsolver and Marlon James; Nikita Hand tells her story, Vincent Browne’s Haughey biography – and much more

Judge Wendy Erskine said: ‘This is a mesmerising story told in a tender, unhurried way by a poised and talented writer. It’s poetic and has a beautiful toughness’

The writer on Gaza-themed new novel Every Exit Brings You Home, not being from anywhere in particular, and the ‘terrifying’ reality of Ice in Chicago

Books newsletter: tomorrow’s pages; Slow Horses; Paul Howard live; Jamie O’Connell memoir; Kevin Gildeas Brilliant Bookshop; Samuel Beckett’s Stirrings Still; Bobby Sands play; Elizabeth Wassell Montague; Project Children: The Legacy

Author and illustrator Cressida Cowell on the latest of her ‘fantasy’ books that pretend to be ‘history’ books

Books newsletter: tomorrow’s pages; Katriona O’Sullivan book deal; Heaney-Miłosz Residency; Celebrating Are You Somebody?; Look North campaign; Grace Wells poetry award

The 12 winning writers will pitch their unpublished debuts to publishers and agents in September